Government Departments (Office Accommodation)

asked the Minister of Public Building and Works how many square feet of new office accommodation has been built or rented for the Department of Inland Revenue in each of the years between 1964 and 1969 ; and what has been the cost.

Information is not available in precisely the form requested. The amount of additional usable office102W
space occupied by Inland Revenue during the twelve months preceding the following dates was approximately :—

The programme of computer centres for P.A.Y.E. and other routine work includes about 6 million sq. ft. to be provided over a period of 10 years at an estimated cost of £57 million. Some of this accommodation will be provided on an interim basis by short-term hirings. Since the Inland Revenue shares many buildings with other Departments, information about other Inland Revenue offices is not readily available.